extremity

extremity is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot.

[2] One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

[3] The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.

[4] The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton. Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton.